Game



T. H. BAMFORTH.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIB. 1920.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS HENRY BAMOBTH, orNOaTH VANCOUVER, terrien COLUMBIA, CANADA, AssrGNoa or ONEHALF To RUBY MAF. RAWLINGs, or VANCOUVER, CANADA.

Application ined Nay 13,

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS HENRY l'iaxuron'ri-r, a subject ofthe Kingr of Great liritaiii, and a resident of North Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, Cann ada, have invented certain `new anduseful Improvements in` Games, of which the following is a specification.

h/ly invention relates to improvements in games, with more particular reference to a game imitative to a certain extent of the operations of' corraling cattle and placing them in stock yards and in which the object ot each player is to win the `game by obtaining the largest number oi points each representing one head of stock and obtained by the closing of suitably arranged corrals and stock yards. A further object is to provide a game which is simple, inexpensive, and highly interesting.

l attain these objects in the manner hereinafter described and by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of the board on which the game is played.

Fig. 2 is a View of a corral bar.

Fig. 3 is a view of a car counter.

1 indicates the board on which' the game is played, which board may consist of a square base formed of any suitable material such yas stout paper or cardboard, or by printing the game plan on paper or other material. and aflixing it to wood or metal base. The board may be of any suitable size and is divided at each side into an even number of outer squares 2; in the plan illustrated there are eight outer squares along each side and these are termed corrals Within the large square thus inclosed by the rows oi outer squares there are placed at each corner larger squares, 3, 4, 5 and 6, preferably equal in area to four of the outer squares termed Stock yards, while between these larger squares andcontiguous to the outer squares are arranged squares 7 ol equal size to the outer ones, also forming corrals The space remaining at the center of the board forms a large stock yard and is named the Union Stock Yard. The value given to the respective corrals and stock yards are .marked in numerals within each of them as shown and to play the game a number of corral bars 8 are provided, each of which is equal in length Specification of Letters Patent.

.i l GAME.

1920. Serial No. 381,143.

to one side of a corral7 or to Onehalf or a side of a small stock yard, that is to say, it takes four bars to inclose a corral and eight bars to inclose a small stock yard, sixteen bars being required for the large stock yard in the center. A

The game is played according `to the iollowing rules:

1. rlhe object oi' the gameis to secure the largest numberoi points. Each point represents one head of stock.

2. Each corral or yard contains the number indicated.

l 3. lflach player, playing in turn, pla-ces a bar on any corral he may select.

4L. The player putting the last bar on any corral, thereby closing it, calls out Corral and tallies the number of points the corral closed calls for.

5. lWhen a corral is closed the car of stock is placed in the Union Stock Y ard and these cars remain until the game is ended.

6. The game is ended when the last bar is laid to close the Union Stock Yard.

7. The player succeeding in closing the Union Stock Yard calls out Union Stock Yard closed, and adds to his score ve points for each car in the stock yard.

8. Any player closing two corrals by placing the dividing bar between them calls Double corral and tallies the contents of both corrals.

Counters in the shape of small imitation cattle cars are provided for each corral and when a player closes a corral he tallies the value of the corral, at the same time placing a counter in the Union Stock Yard. All the counters so placed therein remain until the game is ended when they are added to the score of the player closing the yard according to rule 7.

It will be seen that the game is highly interesting as, while the object of each player is to himself place the last bar to close a corral or yard the obj ect of each of the other players is to prevent him from doing so. The game may be made more interesting by marking certain et the corrals with a brand, as indicated at 10, so that a player closing a corral containing branded cattle becomes a rustler and ispenalized by the loss oit ten points, which are added to the scores ot' the other players.

It will be seen that l have devised a simple and inexpensive game requiring the excrcise of skill to play it and affording great amusement and interest.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a game of the character described, a board having a row'of small outer squares along each side7 larger squares at each corner of the spaceJ inclosed by the small squares,

small inner squares between the large ones, the remaining space forming a central inclosure bounded by the largerA squares and the small inner squares, all of said squares having Values, and bars adapted to be placed by the players to inclose the squares whereby the player placinr the last inclosing bar 0n -a square scores the value of the square so inclosed.

V2. In a game of the character described, a board havlng a row of small outer squares along each side, larger squares at each corner of the space inclosed by the small squares7 small inner squares between the large ones, the remaining space forming a central 'inclosure bounded by the larger squares and the small inner squares, all the.

sald squares having values, bars adapted to be placed by the players to inclose the squares whereby the player placing the last inclosing` bar on a square scores the value of the square so inclosed, and a'counter for each square won by the player closing the square.

3. In a game of the character described, a board having a row of small outer squares along each side, larger squares at each corner of the. space i'nclosed by small inner squares between the large ones, the remaining space forming a central inclosure bounded by the larger squares and the small inner squares, all the said squares having values and several of the squares having distinctive brands marked thereon, and bars adapted to be placed by the players to inclose the squares whereby the player placing the last inclosing bar on a square wins or loses the value of the square so inclosed according to whether it is a branded or an unbranded one respectively.

Signed at Vancouver, B. C., Canada, this 29th day of April, 1920.

THOMAS HENRY BAMFORTH.

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